Deadline: 2-Feb-22
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has announced the availability of approximately $1,816,701 to be competitively awarded for the purpose of expanding access to high-quality, comprehensive services to low-income infants and toddlers and their families through Early Head Start-Child Care (EHS-CC) Partnerships, or through the expansion of Early Head Start services.
The EHS program is administered by ACF, an operating division of HHS. ACF intends to fund applications that demonstrate an organization’s commitment and capacity to operate an EHS program that raises the quality of early care and education in the community and helps children start school ready to succeed.
The Head Start and EHS programs provide grants to public and private non-profit and for-profit agencies to provide comprehensive child development services to predominately economically disadvantaged children and families. Head Start’s primary purpose is to prepare children to be ready for school and ensure their healthy development.
Head Start and EHS programs must provide directly or through referral, early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and family support services that will enhance the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of participating children in the key domains of physical development and health; social and emotional development; approaches to learning, language, and literacy; and cognition and general knowledge.
Programs support parent engagement in their roles as their children’s teachers and advocates, and help parents move toward self-sufficiency.
Head Start and EHS programs emphasize family engagement because of the critical role that parents play in supporting their children’s healthy development and school success. Effective programs engage parents in their children’s development and learning. Programs also emphasize the significant involvement of parents in the administration of local Head Start and EHS programs.
These leadership opportunities are designed to strengthen skills that parents can apply to improve their family’s economic well-being and to become more effective advocates for their children.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $1,816,701
- Award Ceiling: $1,816,701 Per Budget Period
- Award Floor: $1,816,701 Per Budget Period
- Anticipated Project Start Date: 07/01/2022
- Length of Project Periods: 60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods
Eligibility Criteria
- EHS programs enroll pregnant women and infants and toddlers from birth to age 3. Additionally, EHS-CC Partnership recipients may serve children in family child care settings from birth to 48 months. Families must have incomes below the poverty line, be eligible for public assistance, be homeless, or be in foster care to be eligible for services.
- Eligible applicants are any public or private non-profit agencies, including community-based and faith-based organizations, or for-profit agencies pursuant to section 645A(d) of the Head Start Act.
- Eligible entities include the following:
- entities operating Head Start,
- entities operating an Indian Head Start or Migrant and Seasonal Head Start program, and
- other public entities and non-profit or for-profit private entities, including community-based and faith-based organizations, capable of providing child and family services that meet the standard for participation in programs under the Head Start Act.
- Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this funding opportunity.
- Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements, ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=336577